Most users are familiar with VirtualBox as a pure desktop application. However, VirtualBox can offer much more. Besides the possibility to control using VBoxManage VirtualBox VirtualBox comes with the console via a web interface with vboxwebsrv, by which you can use the service. So you can achieve similar functionality to using VirtualBox for example, with VMware Server.With the additional phpvirtualbox script you can use VirtualBox almost entirely through the browser.

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Phpvirtualbox you need is a computer with a Web server and VirtualBox. The issue here is rather an argument for experienced users, so I save myself for installation instructions. For the first tests it down to a gala Dene archives date Verzeichnus in / var unpack / www config.php and adjust. Further installation instructions can be found in the wiki of the project.

After installing the VirtualBox web service phpvirtualbox must be started. Open a Terminal and start the service. Note that the service should be started with the registered user in config.php.

$ To vboxwebsrv # or alternatively the process$ Vboxwebsrv-b # to send the same in the background

Immediately afterwards you should be able to open phpvirtualbox successful in the browser. If you start a VM on phpvirtualbox, then pays on it please, that you can close them properly over the network again, because of direct access via the browser on the VM, only works on Windows via RDP.

Luckily, I've installed in a Linux VM also an RDP server, the service works in the local network to the terminal server or client with GNOME-RDP, but phpvirtualbox still thinks that the VM does not RDP access would provide phpvirtualbox seems so far only with “pure” Windows RDP to get by.

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Phpvirtualbox worthwhile course on headless servers that are accessed via the network. VirtualBox and phpvirtualbox arise in the interaction a serious competitor to VMware Server.

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